Food & Beverage
Taco Bell brings back Crispy Chicken now with kick
October 14, 2025
Taco Bell is bringing back Crispy Chicken favorites nationwide — this time with a kick! The brand is introducing Frank's RedHot Diablo Sauce. The sauce is a creamy mashup of the original Buffalo flavor, Taco Bell's signature Diablo sauce and spicy ranch. The Diablo menu hits Taco Bell Oct. 16 and is a permanent addition, according to a press release.
Taco Bell's Crispy Chicken starts with tender, all-white meat chicken strips, marinated in jalapeño buttermilk flavor and coated in a crunchy blend of breadcrumbs and tortilla chips — the same recipe fans have fallen in love with.
"For decades, our sauces have become a core part of the Taco Bell experience," Liz Matthews, Taco Bell's global chief food innovation officer, said in the release. "Crispy Chicken is our stage for flavor innovation, with every new sauce collaboration breaking new ground. We take our sauces seriously — they're the hero of our continued success and reinforces there's no limit to how we reimagine the classics."
Fans can get their Buffalo fix in a number of ways: Frank's RedHot Diablo Crispy Chicken Burrito; Frank's RedHot Diablo Crispy Chicken Soft Taco; Frank's RedHot Diablo Chicken Nacho Fries and Crispy Chicken Strips with Spicy Ranch.
"This collab demonstrates the versatility of Frank's RedHot by bringing its characteristic balance of bold flavor and heat to ignite every bite, reimagining these classics with a partner that's just as sauce obsessed as we are," Valda Coryat, VP of marketing at McCormick & Company, Inc., said in the release. "Fans are getting the Frank's RedHot experience they know and love wrapped in new ways with Taco Bell classics: nacho fries, burritos and of course, tacos."
